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Apparatus and method for comparing data groups

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  • US RE35,861 E
  • Filed: 05/09/1996
  • Issued: 07/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automated .Iadd.text .Iaddend.comparison system, comprising:

  • input means for receiving commands, and for providing electronic signals representing a plurality of characters . .including.!. .Iadd.representing .Iaddend.words.Iadd., short groups of words or phrases, .Iaddend.and sentences;

    memory means coupled to said input means for storing as binary representations at least first and second groups of said characters;

    processing means coupled to said memory means and to said input means for detecting and identifying differences between said words.Iadd., short groups of words or phrases, .Iaddend.and sentences in said first and second groups of said characters .Iadd.when said differences do not consist of a line of text or a group of lines of text and regardless of whether or not the text wraps around an end of a line or a plurality of lines.Iaddend.;

    display means coupled to said processing means for providing a display of said differences .Iadd.by displaying the text with the differences designated within the text lines.Iaddend..

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